Monday, October 27, 2014

Tools within the LMS - (Navigate 3.1.3)

Emails, Deadlines, and Grades--Oh My!  What LMS Tools are Most Important?


The following tools are readily available through Canvas, which was the LMS I most fully explored during this quest.  

Canvas Tools:
Announcements, assignments, discussions, grades, people, pages, files, syllabus, outcomes, social profiles, storage, quizzes, modules, conferences, collaborations

It is very difficult for me to pinpoint which tools rank higher or lower than others: all of them are important to the field of online learning.  At this stage of my online learning experience, I think the social profiles would be the least important since most students are already active within another more commonly utilized social network.  I really appreciate the fact that a plethora of existing platforms like Google, Facebook, and Twitter can connect into Canvas.  This alone is a very helpful tool that helps to make this learning system even more user friendly.  

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